My first good fairy was the anonymous reader who was part of the Welsh Academi’s mentoring scheme where you paid, I think around £10, and an expert told you in effect whether your book stunk or had any merit at all. It implies an ongoing relationship, a deliberate attempt to get educated, whereas inspiration from other people seems to come in a flash, a sentence, an image of how we want to be. MENTOR is too posh a word to describe the people I have met who have helped me become a writer. She recalls some of the people, including Beryl Bainbridge, who inspired her
Monmouthshire writer Julia Gregson’s novel East of the Sun reached number two on the best-seller list.
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